Question:

Let $f : R \to R$ be a positive increasing function with $\displaystyle \lim_{x \to \infty} \frac{f\left(3x\right)}{f\left(x\right)} =1$ Then $\displaystyle \lim_{x \to\infty} \frac{f\left(2x\right)}{f\left(x\right)} = $

Updated On: Jul 5, 2022
  • $\frac{2}{3}$
  • $\frac{3}{2}$
  • $3$
  • $1$
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Solution and Explanation

f(x) is a positive increasing function. $\therefore \, 0 < f(x) < f(2x) < f(3x)$ $\Rightarrow \, 0 < 1 < \frac{f(2x)}{f(x)} < \frac{f(3x)}{f(x)}$ $\Rightarrow \displaystyle \lim _{x \to \infty } 1\le \displaystyle \lim_{x \to \infty} \frac{f\left(2x\right)}{f\left(x\right)} \le \displaystyle \lim_{x \to\infty} \frac{f\left(3x\right)}{f\left(x\right)}$ By Sandwich Theorem. $\Rightarrow \displaystyle \lim _{x \to \infty } \frac{f\left(2x\right)}{f\left(x\right)}=1$
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Concepts Used:

Application of Derivatives

Various Applications of Derivatives-

Rate of Change of Quantities:

If some other quantity ‘y’ causes some change in a quantity of surely ‘x’, in view of the fact that an equation of the form y = f(x) gets consistently pleased, i.e, ‘y’ is a function of ‘x’ then the rate of change of ‘y’ related to ‘x’ is to be given by 

\(\frac{\triangle y}{\triangle x}=\frac{y_2-y_1}{x_2-x_1}\)

This is also known to be as the Average Rate of Change.

Increasing and Decreasing Function:

Consider y = f(x) be a differentiable function (whose derivative exists at all points in the domain) in an interval x = (a,b).

  • If for any two points x1 and x2 in the interval x such a manner that x1 < x2, there holds an inequality f(x1) ≤ f(x2); then the function f(x) is known as increasing in this interval.
  • Likewise, if for any two points x1 and x2 in the interval x such a manner that x1 < x2, there holds an inequality f(x1) ≥ f(x2); then the function f(x) is known as decreasing in this interval.
  • The functions are commonly known as strictly increasing or decreasing functions, given the inequalities are strict: f(x1) < f(x2) for strictly increasing and f(x1) > f(x2) for strictly decreasing.

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